API Overview

Our API is available for everyone to use. A TMDb user account is required to request an API key. Professional users are approved on a per application basis.

As always, you must attribute TMDb as the source of your data. Please be sure to read the API FAQ.

API Documentation

To view all the methods available, you should head over to developers.themoviedb.org. Everything outlined on this page is simply a high level overview to help you understand what is available.

Finding Data

There are 3 ways to search for and find movies, TV shows and people on TMDb. They're outlined below.

/search - Text based search is the most common way. You provide a query string and we provide the closest match. Searching by text takes into account all original, translated, alternative names and titles.

/discover - Sometimes it useful to search for movies and TV shows based on filters or definable values like ratings, certifications or release dates. The discover method make this easy. For some example queries, and to get an idea about the things you can do with discover, take a look here.

/find - The last but still very useful way to find data is with existing external IDs. For example, if you know the IMDB ID of a movie, TV show or person, you can plug that value into this method and we'll return anything that matches. This can be very useful when you have an existing tool and are adding our service to the mix.

General Features

Top rated movies

Upcoming movies

Now playing movies

Popular movies

Popular TV shows

Top rated TV shows

On the air TV shows

Airing today TV shows

Popular people

Account Features

Get details

Get lists (created and marked as favourite)

Get favourite movie list

Get movie watch list

Get rated movie list

Get the account state for a movie (rated, marked as favourite or on watch list)

Account Session Features

Rate a movie

Add/remove a movie to your favourites

Add/remove a movie to your watch list

Guest Session Features (no sign up required)

Rate a movie

Get a list of rated movies

Movie Features

Search: Search for movies with a text query.

Discover: Search for movies based on data. Movies are queryable by fields like average rating, certifications, release dates and genres.

Find: Find movies based on an external ID like an IMDB ID.

Get details

Primary info

Alternative titles

Cast

Crew

Images (posters, backdrops)

Plot keywords

Release information

Trailers

Translations

Similiar movies

Reviews

Belongs to lists

Changes

TV Features

Search: Search for TV shows with a text query.

Discover: Search for TV shows based on data. TV shows are queryable by fields like average rating, air date, TV network and genres.